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Jimi Hendrix had a mainstream career that lasted only four years yet he is widely regarded as one of the most influential guitarists in history and one of the most celebrated musicians generally of the 20th century. Inspired by American rock and roll and electric blues, Hendrix created music that was distinctively his own. As Rolling Stone magazine observed:
“Hendrix pioneered the use of the instrument as an electronic sound source. Players before him had experimented with feedback and distortion, but Hendrix turned those effects and others into a controlled, fluid vocabulary every bit as personal as the blues with which he began.”
As a left handed guitarist Hendrix favoured the use of a right handed guitar strung upside down, which contributed to his distinctive sound. Electrical engineer Roger Mayer designed and built an effects pedal named the Octavia which was popularised by Hendrix, and can be notably heard during solos on Purple Haze. Mayer believed both he and Hendrix had Synaesthesia (a neurological condition that results in the merging or blending of unrelated senses) claiming they could each see colours in sound.
Hendrix producer Eddie Kramer also lends weight to this theory, saying in a 2018 interview:
"He did have a tendency to describe sounds in colours. If he said, 'Hey, man, give me some of that green,' I knew exactly what he meant; it was reverb. Or if he said, 'Hey, man, more red,' I knew it was distortion. And then if it went purple, it was really stupid distortion."
We can only wonder at the colourful musical creations that were lost when he had his ticket punched in 1970; the year after he lost his friend Brian Jones.
Jimi had a habit of recording his jam sessions at NYC nightclub, The Scene, and there exists a bootleg recording of the night Jim Morrison joined him on stage. What could have been a brilliant union of musical geniuses was diminished by Morrison’s drunken antics and boorish behaviour. It’s reported that Janis Joplin was in the club that night as well, but it’s not clear if those reports have confused the occasion with the night she knocked Morrison out cold.
Jimi, Janis and Mojo all passed away within 10 months of each other.
And each at the age of 27.
